Anti-rollback protection in Android 13 broke the branded Google Pixel 6 smartphone, informs android police portal.
So, during the installation of the ASOP build of Android 13, an enthusiast encountered an error that the Pixel 6 smartphone could not start the system. The developer found out that in the new operating system, Google has installed a new bootloader and forbids reverting to the old one, so the device cannot boot to the backup partition on which the old Android 12 is installed.As a result, the enthusiast’s smartphone was locked in an intermediate position, the so-called ” brick” , according to the victim, can no longer be restored.
It is stated that such a change can cause major problems that third-party firmware developers and users will encounter when they need to revert to a more stable operating system or install custom firmware.
Formerly socialbites.ca saidGoogle has released the final version of Android 13 for Pixel series smartphones much earlier than expected.